What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-6889: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in thorsten/phpmyfaq

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.17.

Affected products

• thorsten phpMyFAQ: before 3.1.17 — fixed in 3.1.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: thorsten phpMyFAQ 3.1.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/1037a8f012e0d9ec4bf4c8107972f6695e381392
• https://huntr.com/bounties/52897778-fad7-4169-bf04-a68a0646df0c
• https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/1037a8f012e0d9ec4bf4c8107972f6695e381392
• https://huntr.com/bounties/52897778-fad7-4169-bf04-a68a0646df0c

Get alerted when CVE-2023-6889 or the next vulnerability affects your stack